Mount Vernon police-involved shooting injures one man

by Kendis Gibson

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Fairfax County Police officers were involved in the shooting of a man in Mount Vernon early Monday afternoon, officials say.

The shooting happened in an apartment the 5700 block of Olde Mill Court in Mount Vernon. According to officials, police responded to the the Olde Mille Court Condominiums to serve a warrant for his arrest on destruction of property charges.

Then, police say, when the man opened the door, he had a knife and lunged at the officers.

"There was a confrontation and the individual did not comply with the orders by the police," Fairfax County Police spokesperson Lucy Caldwell said.

After the suspect, who has not yet been identified, produced the weapon, officers fired at him, hitting him in the upper chest. The suspect was flown to an area medical center in an unknown condition.